With the advent of the weblog or “blog” for short, my writing venues changed forever. Now rather than keeping my stories and diatribes confined to a notebook that was locked away I was able to share them with others.

I first began “blogging” just as a way to keep my writing current. The readership from the beginning was designed to be myself and perhaps my family. I did not limit the audience to that; I merely assumed that would be all who would be interested in what I had to say.

Soon I began to get feedback from others who had stumbled upon my blogs. My reaction was equal parts astonishment and empathy. I was shocked that someone would actually read my writing and I really felt sorry for these people because obviously they were very bored.

Through the years the readership has grown beyond anything I could ever have imagined. Over the past year I have had nearly 1 million unique visitors who have stopped to read something I have written.

Much of my writing has been based on my own personal experiences and most of that has revolved around baseball. It is not that baseball is the only thing in my life. Well come to think of it, I have been told baseball is the center of my universe.

Besides baseball, I write a lot about live and my observation of the world. Some of these observations are serious but most times I try to find the humor in the experiences we have.

I hope you find some entertainment in what I have written. It has been a lot of fun sharing my experiences. If you would like to talk about a particular subject or if there is something you would just love me to cover, please feel free to contact me. I’m always looking for a good story idea.

One tenet of my life I have always adhered to is that my career will never define who I am. Despite that philosophy, I cannot help but realize that what I have accomplished professionally consistently comes up in conversations. Whether I am attempting to explain to my family what I do for a living or deep in a technical conversation with a colleague; I am constantly bringing up something from my professional background.

I received some very wise advice very early in my career. I was told never to chase the money or the prestige but rather focus on finding opportunities that would give me personal growth and make a difference. If I focused on the latter, the other would follow.

This advice has served me well and given me an opportunity to look at my career and my accomplishments in a different light. The professional path I have taken is not traditional but then neither am I. It has been a journey filled with adventure and ups and downs. Through it all I've learned a lot and I hope I have made a difference.

If you are interested in my career please check out the Professional section for details.

Is our personality a product of our genetic code or is it something learned through the various life experiences we have had? Reality is probably somewhere in the middle of these two theories.

Each of us are placed on this earth and given a set of raw materials. Who we become depends on how we utilize the materials we are given. For some identifying and utilizing these materials seems easy while for others we are left wondering whether we were given anything to work with at all. It is during those times that we often gain the most perspective. Like chemists we are free to try new things and bring new combinations together. In some cases it can be explosive (sorry mom, you were right, a chemistry set was a bad gift idea) where at other times it opens new avenues up to us.

The key is to find a mix that will allow us to grow and realize the potential we were given. Our personalities and who we are are simply brief snapshots of time that we show to the world our work in progress. Sometimes that work in progress becomes a masterpiece while others it opens us up to difficult change. In either case we are better as a result of the experience.

I’m constantly trying to understand who I am. If you would like a glimpse into my personal life and the journey I am currently following, a good first step would be looking over the Personal section of this web site.

I tend to collect interests and hobbies like other kids collected baseball cards. I am constantly intrigued by something new. Trina cringes nearly every time I utter, “You know what would be cool…” usually followed by a grand scheme to try something completely different. This may be a result of my perpetual curiosity or possibly my desire to seek out the unknown.

We live in the golden age of innovation. It seems as though no product or thought stays stagnant for very long. For many this can be confusion or frustrating since just as we learn or use a product it is outdated and something new comes along. I look at it differently, the world can be a challenging place and for us to succeed we need to adapt.

Flexibility and the ability for us to morph our thoughts and usage gives us the greatest opportunity to be successful so instead of fearing change we need to embrace it. That doesn't mean changing for the sake of change but adapting and always looking for new use cases for how we can take advantage of what we are given. For me that means continually modifying my interests and hobbies to see how they can be utilized to allow me to take advantage of the opportunities I see.

Life is filled with precious moments. Sometimes they are simple like the sparkle in the eye of a child and at other times those moments overwhelm us. As I have gotten older I have learned to look for those moments and cherish them. I try to capture each one and carefully place them in my heart. They are there for me to recount and relive whenever I need them

Memories can come in various shapes and sizes. Some of my most vivid memories are associated with images and pictures. In an effort to reminisce and relive some of these I have created a scrapbook of some of the more fascinating images and memories. Some of these are a result of my photography while others may be from another expression of my artistic side. If you would like to view these I invite you to look through My Digital Scrapbook.

This web site has gone through several metamorphoses. It began quite simply with just a static page but soon additional pages and content were added turning it into a web site rather than a web page. As the number of pages increased so did the time it took to maintain this site.

My love affair with photography began when I was in high school. I was fascinated with all types of cameras and the artistic freedom it provided. I had been involved with art since early childhood. My parents both encouraged me sending me to several art classes and seminars.

Each year as the family begins decorating for the holidays, I sit down to the computer and chronicle all of the events that occurred throughout the year. These newsletters are sometimes humorous, sometimes shocking, and often times out of the ordinary.

In this age of computers and multimedia, it seems archaic to think a simple piece of paper with words printed on it could convey all the love we have for family and friends during the holiday season. For this reason we have begun to create a brief video Christmas card for those we love.